Luggage or carrying cases



Feb. 28, 1967 B. YELLIN LUGGAGE OR CARRYING CASES Filed Nov. 13, 1964 wm W BY AX QKRAUSATTY United States Patent O 3,306,404 LUGGAGE R CARRYINGCASES Bernard Yelliu, Oak Park, Ill., assignor to Beco ProductsCorporation, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Filed Nov. 13,1964, Ser. No. 410,990 6 Claims. (Cl. 190-51) This invention relates toimprovements in luggage or carrying cases.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide means for detachablysecuring a partition or covering member in a luggage or carrying case.

Another object of this invention is to provide clip members whereby thepartition or inside cover member may be detachably secured to permitremoval of same.

Another object of this invention is to provide means for detachablysecuring a partition or inside cover member, and which also provides aninside covering for the hinge line of the luggage or carrying case.

Another object of this invention is to provide a construction having theforegoing objects which is inexpensive to manufacture and easy to applyand assemble.

Other objects will become apparent as this description progresses.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective View of a luggage or carrying case broken away,showing the invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on lines 2 2 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the clip member.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view corresponding to the upper portionof FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the partition and associated partsremoved from the luggage or case, and

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view corresponding to FIG. 4, but showing amodification.

The numeral 10 designates a conventional luggage or carrying `caseformed of two separate sections 12 and 14, hingedly secured together 4byhinges 16 which are secured to the rear or bottom walls 12a and 14arespectively, of the two sections. The two sections form the body of thecase. The locking means and handle are secured to the top or front wallsof the sections. All of the foregoing is conventional and is wellunderstood.

Secured to the bottom or rear walls 12a and 14a of each of the sectionsare clip members, generally designated by the numeral 20, all of whichare of identical construction. They are made preferably of a temperedspring steel. The clip member has a flat plate or body portion 22provided with a pair of spaced openings 24 and a central cutout 26.Continuing from the plate 22 is a front wall 28 which is centrallypositioned and extends parallel to the plate 22, but is spaced forwardlythereof to provide a space 29 therebetween. The front wall is connectedto the plate by a curved connecting wall 30. The front wall 2S is of thewidth of the cutout and is provided with an inwardly extending tongue 32which extends into the space 29 and which is formed or struck out of thewall 28. The outer edge of the front wall 28 extends inwardly of theouter edge of the plate 22.

The clip members are secured to the rear walls 12a and 14a of thesections through the openings 24 by rivets 34. Two clip members arexedly secured to each of the rear walls in spaced relation and they aremounted to be close to the outer edge of each of the rear walls.

The partition or covering member, generally designated by the numeral36, and best shown in FIG. 5, may consist of a flexible material ofseveral layers stitched together. The rear or inner end of the partitionis folded inwardly and stitched as at 40 to form a sleeve 42. The

partition inwardly of the inner end is folded upon itself and stitchedas at 44 to form a sleeve 46. Each of the sleeves receives a flat metalbar of aluminum or the like, for rigidity, said bars being identified bythe numerals 50 and 52 respectively.

The front end of the partition or covering 36 is provided with spacedopenings and reinforcing eyelets 54 which are adapted to be secured tothe conventional locking means 56 in section 12, as is well-known. 'Ihepartition or covering 36 i-s detachably secured to the four clips 20through the medium of the sleeves and bars 50 and 52 being engaged bythe clips, with the inner portion 48 of the partition between said barsextending over and across the hinge line between the two sections, asbest seen in FIG. 2.

In securing the detachable partition to the clips 20, the portion of thepartition embracing the sleeve 46 and bar 52 therein is inserted in thepair of bottomclips 20, shown in FIG. 2, which are on the rear wall 12aof section 12. The bar 52 and sleeve 46 is inserted into the space 29between the plate 22 and front wall 28. The tongue 32 engages the barand sleeve and detachably locks it in place. The inner portion 48 of thepartition is positioned over the hinge line and the opposite end of saidstrip ernbraced lby the sleeve 46 and bar 52 is inserted in the pair ofclips 26 on the rear wall 14a of section 14 to be detachably securedtherein, as best seen iu the enlarged view of FIG. 4.

The partition or covering member 36 may be detached from the clips 20merely by slipping the sleeve with the bar therein out from the clips,or same may be readily attached to said clips by inserting same intosaid clips.

FIG. 6 shows a modification. In this modification the clips and theparts, as previously described, are the same, and hence will not beredescribed, except that the parts in FIG. 6 are primed to correspond tothe previously designated parts. The only difference is that the sleeves42 and 46 in which the `aluminum strips or bars 50 and 52 are positionedare each slotted, as indicated by the numeral 60, so that the sleeve canbe positioned on the clip 20', with the wall 28 of the clip passingthrough the slot 60 so that the tongue 32 engages the bar 50', with aportion of the sleeve covering the wall 28 and hiding it from view, theslot 60 being lonly the width of the wall 28'. It will of course beunderstood that the slots 60 in the sleeves are positioned to aline withthe walls 28' of the clips 20. In all other respects the structure ofthe modification is as previously described.

It will be understood that various changes and modifications may be madefrom the foregoing without departing from thespirit and scope of theappended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A luggage or carrying case of the character described including, apair of sections hingedly secured together, each of said sections havinga bottom wall, a clip member xedly secured to each of said bottom walls,a partition member, means for detachably securing one end of saidpartition member to both said clip members.

2. The invention as defined in claim 1 in which each clip membercomprises a plate permanently secured to the bottom wall of the section,with a wall extending forwardly and in spaced relation to said plate,with said wall having means extending inwardly towards said plate.

3. A luggage or carrying case comprising, a pair of sections formingcompartments hingedly secured together adjacent their bottom walls, oneof said bottom walls having a pair of spaced securing members, each saidsecuring member comprising a plate portion and a forwardly extendingwall spaced from said plate portion, with the wall having a tongueextending inwardly in the direction of the plate portion, a partitionmember having rigid means Patented F eb. 28, 1967v at one end thereof,said end adapted to be detachably secured to said securing. members forconnecting said partition to the rear wall of said compartment.

4. The invention as defined in claim 3 in which the partition member isexifble and has a sleeve, and in which the rigid means is a barsupported in said sleeve, and in which the sleeve is slotted at pointswhich are alined with said securing members to permit the sleeve to beinserted through said slots and engage said bar member and cover saidsecuring members.

5. In combination with a carrying case comprising, a pair ofcompartments hingedly secured adjacent their rear wall, a partitionmember Within one of said compartments, means for detachably securingsaid partition member to said compartment, said means comprising a pairof spaced clip members secured to said rear wall, a rigid membercomprising a bar secured by means of a sleeve to said partition, saidrigid member adapted to be inserted in said clip members to secure saidpartition member so that it extends from the rear Wall to adjacent theopposite wall, said sleeve having slots to permit the sleeve to beinserted through said slots to engage the bar member.

6. In combination, a luggage or carrying case comprising, a pair ofcompartments hingedly joined together adjacent their rear walls andproviding a hinge line therebetween, a pair of clip members secured toeach of the yrear walls of each compartment, a partition member adaptedto be detachably secured to one of said pairs of clips, a rst rigid Ibarsecured to said partition at a point spaced from the inner end of saidpartition so that said bar is inserted in certain of said clips todetachably secure said partition to the end wall of said compartment, asecond rigid bar secured to said partition at the inner end of saidpartition with said second bar detachably secured to said other pair ofclip members, and the portion of the partition between said spaced barsextending over the hinge line.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 193,523 7/1877Kriek 190--51 FRANKLIN T. GARRETT, Primary Examiner.

1. A LUGGAGE OR CARRYING CASE OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED INCLUDING, APAIR OF SECTIONS HINGEDLY SECURED TOGETHER, EACH OF SAID SECTIONS HAVINGA BOTTOM WALL, A CLIP MEMBER FIXEDLY SECURED TO EACH OF SAID BOTTOMWALLS, A PARTITION MEMBER, MEANS FOR DETACHABLY SECURING ONE END OF SAIDPARTITION MEMBER TO BOTH SAID CLIP MEMBERS.